Category Archives: Chukat

Three Strikes, You’re Out


The Torah portion Chukat (Statute) comes from the book of Bamidbar (Numbers) 19:1-22:1 and begins with the prescribed cleansing orders of the Red Heifer who’s ashes purified from the defilement of death. Immediately after explaining all the details of this Divine Ordinance, Moses’ sister Miriam dies in Kadesh. The rock […]

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